Pocket Radios
TO BE CARRIED BY ENGLISH POLICE. MINIATURE SETS WITH 100-MILE RANGE United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. LONDON, April 19. Scotland Yard is experimenting with a two-walvo receiving set carried in the pockets of all policemen on the heat and connected to another piece of mechanism in the policeman’s helmet which serves as an earphone though tho message is sent through the skull instead of directly into the car. Tho mechanism will only add U ounces to the weight of the helmet; It has a minimum range of a hundred miles. The set will er.alble police headquarters or the police radio van to keep up communication with any constable on duty and notify him of grab raids and other emergencies The present tests follow extensive trials of miniature wireless receivers by Brighton policemen while on duty.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6840, 22 April 1932, Page 5
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137Pocket Radios Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6840, 22 April 1932, Page 5
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